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Sunday, May 20, 2018

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Four Persons Injured Due To A Road Accident In Southern Expressway- Seven Accidents Occurred In Expressways During Today

Four persons including a small child

have been injured and hospitalized after a high speed Jeep they were travelling in toppled through the security fence at Southern Expressway today(20) between Dodangoda and Galanigama areas according to the Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekare.

The condition of the small child and a female who are among the injured is critical it has been revealed.

The accident has occurred due to the driver's inability to control the speed of the vehicle SP Gunasekare has stated.

Besides this accident another six accidents have occurred in Southern and Katunayake Expressways during today it has been announced.

Meanwhile Police have advised the motorists using Southern and Katunayake-Colombo Expressways to restrict the vehicle speed to 60 Kilo meters per hour due tothe slippery conditions in Expressways.

A Large Number Of Houses And A Road Submerged Due To The Floods In Ayagama And Kiriella

Due to the heavy showers prevailing since last night(19) the branch river of the Kalu river ,The galathura river has overflown and as a result a large number of houses in Kiriella and Ayagama Provincial secreteriats (Ratnapura District)have been submerged due to the floods it has been reported.

The Ayagama-Idangoda road has been submerged from many sections and transport activities of the area cut off due to this situation it has been reported.

People in these areas are facing enormous difficulties due to this situation it has been revealed.

Eight Districts Were Issued Landslide Warnings Due To Adverse Weather

National Building Research Organi

zation(NBRO) had issued landslide warnings to eight districts this evening(20) for a 24 hour period due to the heavy showers prevailing in these districts at present.

Accordingly landslide warnings have been issued to Kegalle,Ratnapura,
Kalutara,Kurunagala,Badulla,Nuwara Eliya,Galle and Colombo districts. People lives in slope areas of these districts should be vigilant over the landslide signs NBRO has stated.

A Female Who Had Observed Sil At A Meditation Center Has Died And Another Injured Due To Lightning

A female who had observed sil(sil

means "sheela" in Buddhism) has died and another female of same kind has been injured and hospitalized due to a lightning strucked at the meditation center they were in at hagallawatte, Horana this evening(20).

The critically injured female sil maniyo was admitted to the Horana Base Hospital for treatment.